Review of the motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3. Junior representative of the “gaming” series for Intel Kaby Lake-S processors

The model under consideration will be the first Gigabyte product in our laboratory since the announcement of the 200th series of chipsets. It has basic capabilities, of the additional controllers there is only ASM2142, which brings two latest-generation USB sockets to the rear panel, which means that today it will be possible to fully concentrate …

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Overclocking and comparison of processors. Part I: AMD Solutions – Ryzen 7, Ryzen 5, Ryzen 3, and FX-6100

For almost a year, processors of the Zen microarchitecture have been on the market, on which AMD has high hopes. Five years of development should have finally brought the company out of the position in which it found itself after the release of Intel’s Core family solutions. A timid attempt to rectify the situation back …

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MSI B360M Mortar Titanium motherboard review. Image product of the low-end category

With this material, we open a series of reviews of devices designed for desoldering inexpensive hubs designed for Intel Coffee Lake-S processors. A non-trivial model will act as the first participant. A special silvery shade of textolite clearly distinguishes it from a number of competitors, a kind of fashion step. There should not be any …

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ASRock Z490 PG Velocita motherboard review and testing. Experimenting with overclocking the Core i7-10700K

ASRock’s team of specialists never ceases to go for bold experiments, regularly equipping products with features that are not found in competitors. Rocket Lake-S processors are still in development, and here they have already provided a specialized M.2 port for the needs of high-speed SSDs with PCI Express 4.0 interface. It won’t work with current …

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ASRock X570S PG Riptide motherboard review and testing. History back

More than a year had passed since the introduction of products based on the AMD B550, and the market was in desperate need of updating the assortment. However, the company did not come up with anything new for the AM4 socket, and nevertheless, all manufacturers have already presented updated products based on the old-new X570 …

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ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Gene motherboard review. Small format for big overclocking

The first boards of the Republic of Gamers series, which are designed for enthusiasts and gamers, were introduced 15 years ago and by this time they have become some of the best for overclocking and benching. ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Gene, which was used when testing the Ryzen 9 7950X processor, was no exception. This …

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ASUS TUF B450M-Pro Gaming motherboard review. Filling in the rows

The first wave of ASUS motherboards, built using a mid-range hub for Ryzen processors, did not pose a threat to more serious and expensive products. The TUF Gaming family included products with the Plus index, while more “charged” devices came out a little later, they contain the “Pro” suffix. The younger model, reduced in size …

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TechN is the new standard in water cooling for Ryzen processors. Water block testing and comparison with EKWB EK Quantum Magnitude, EK Quantum Velocity, Watercool Heatkiller IV Pro and Optimus Foundation

Most recently, I introduced you to the basic information about what a water block should be for a Ryzen processor with a Zen 2 microarchitecture. For those who have not read, I will remind you that for processors with a Zen 2 and Zen 3 microarchitecture, any water block will not work. And if it …

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ASUS ROG Strix B560-A Gaming WiFi motherboard review and testing. Introducing the Intel B560 Chipset with the Core i7-10700K Processor

Together with the release of Rocket Lake-S processors to the market, developers from Intel proposed new chipsets of the “500th” series. Now boards based on the older Z590 solution are equipped with two CPU power sockets and an unprecedented power subsystem, since the appetites of computing units grow quite noticeably after forcing high power limits, …

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Review and testing of the Intel Celeron G5905 processor with doubled cache. Celeron that flies?

And this is not a plywood flight over Paris? Of course, this is still the cheapest and weakest solution for the LGA 1200 platform, but if you look back at the previous representatives of the Celeron family, you can see a very significant performance boost. Let’s consider the actual family in more detail. Processor Celeron …

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